Run to Kroger for FREE potatoes!

Ok, so if you are near a Kroger, you have to try to get there at some point today. Right now the Betty Crocker potato pouches are on sale for $0.89 (normally $1). Ok, load the coupon for $0.40 off one Betty Crocker potato from cellfire.com or shortcuts.com - and then print out 3 coupons from coupons.com, bettycrocker.com, smartsouce.com - whereever you can print them.

Ok, so here's what it will look like:

3 potato pouches - $0.89 ea = $2.67
-$0.40 loadable coupon = $2.27
-$0.40 printable coupon (you have 3 of these and kroger will double them to $0.80 each) = $-0.13!!! (you will have to get some other item because kroger will not pay you the $0.13, and it makes matters easier if you have something else to take the overage or else you will end up with very confused cashiers)

and the best part is - you will get a catalina coupon for $3 off your next order at kroger!!! (today is the last day for the catalina) - so my tip - print as many coupons as you can and go take advantage of this deal, rack up some free money to Kroger, and you will be set on mashed potatos for a long time! =)

Kroger - March 17-23

I haven't been shopping at Kroger lately, but this week they had some good deals that I didn't want to pass up. These deals are good until next Tuesday (the 23rd), but I've heard some possibility that some of the sales may go on for an additional week - but if you want to snag some of these deals, your best bet is to make it there sometime before next Tuesday.

Quick note: For the Buy 8 Save $4 deals - you can mix and match - you don't have to buy 8 of the same item to get the $4 off!






Some freebies:


Snickers - $0.50 (part of buy 8 save $4 deal) - $0.50/2 coupon from paper (doubled = $1) = 2 FREE


Ronzoni pasta - $0.75 (wyb 8) - $0.75/1 printables here and here (can print 2 at each site!) = 4 FREE (more if you have access to more than 1 computer)!

Scotch Brite sponges - $0.50 (wyb 8) - $1/2 printable here = 2 FREE! (this is a pdf file so you can print it MANY times!)



Some other deals:

Garden of Eatin chips - 2/$4 - $1/1 printable here = $1 each!

Bananas - $0.39/lb




Ok, 2 more things then I'm done:

1. Pantene Nature Fusion shampoos & conditioners are on sale for $2.97 at Kroger - IF you are a member of Vocal Point, you probably signed up for the FULL size sample of Pantene shampoo that came this week - along with it was 3 coupons for $2 off 1 pantene Nature Fusion shampoo/conditioner - that means $0.97 for Pantene shampoos and conditioners which is a GREAT price for Pantene. If you are not yet a member of vocalpoint, sign up here. You get to try so many new products for free!!!

2. Tide with Febreze Sport - OMG! That is pretty much all I can say. My husband works out everyday at lunch and so he accumulates stinky clothes pretty fast. Well, I don't really want to do small loads of laundry EVERY day just to wash those clothes, but while I was pregnant my sensitivity to smells drove his workout clothes to stay in the garage until laundry day - horrible huh? Well, a few weeks ago I got a sample of Tide w/ Febreze Sport in the mail - and it was AMAZING! So, when I saw it on sale today at Kroger for $5.88 - I pulled out my $1 off coupon from the paper and will gladly pay the $5 for it! Usually, I do NOT like to pay that much for laundry detergent, but my nose says this is well worth it!!!

Kroger March to Savings Game

This is so cool. On the Kroger website, you can play this game where you can win all kinds of cool coupons. I just won a coupon for a FREE package of Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs. The coupon gets loaded on your card, so you will need to register for an account with Kroger and have your card # handy. I saw that you choose your store when you first sign up to play, so if you aren't near a "Kroger" store, you can check to see if you are near one of their affiliates (Fred Meyer, etc.) Let me know if you win anything good!

Week 8 - Kroger

I've been making baby food for a while now and I am needing to branch out. So, I saw the Kroger had avocados on sale for $1 each, so I decided to go ahead and grab some while I was out. Also, I wanted to grab some pre-packaged baby meals for super cheap - (read about here).

Breakdown:

3 Beechnut Mini Meals - $1.03 each

-$0.50/1 printable (used 3 of these) = $0.09 for 3!!

2 Kroger frozen peas - $0.88 each

2 Avocados - $1.00 each

Kroger Hamburger buns - $0.88

total: $4.46 (if this doesn't add up right, it's because they took off 10% for the peas and hamburger buns because of that whole senior discount confusion?!)

saved: $5.25 or 54%

Week 7 - Kroger

Ok, so I totally blew my budget this week, but it happens (like how I'm having to explain myself to myself?). Anyways, today I was a shopping machine! I made it to 4 stores in a span of about 3 hours (1hr of which was spent at Randalls, and I'm not sure how). My first stop was at Kroger. They have these knock-off fritos called Cornitos that taste amazing and are WAY cheaper. Even with the Daytona sale (buy 10 items, get $3 off) going on at Kroger right now, the Fritos were $1.69. The Cornitos were $1.31 so they won.

*Reminder my Kroger will triple 3 like coupons up to $0.39 and double 3 like coupons up to $0.50.

Breakdown:

4 Hunts pasta sauce * - $1.39 ea.

-$0.50/2 printable (used 2 of these) = $0.89 ea.

Softsoap - $0.88

-$0.50/1 coupon from All You Magazine = FREE

Kroger spaghetti sauce (knock off Prego) - $1.11

Gala apples - 4/$1 = $1

2 Cornitos chips - $1.31 each = $2.62

Cornstarch - $0.99

total: $8.48

(not really sure why, but for some reason my receipt says I get a 10% senior discount for all Kroger brand items, I've never signed up for this and never told them my age, so I'm not sure what's going on here).

saved: $4.50 or 35%

*I LOVE the Bertolli or Classico spaghetti sauces, but they are just too stinkin expensive. I've discovered that you can make spaghetti sauce that tastes very similar by using 2 cans of Hunt's Pasta Sauce, adding a palm-full of italian seasoning, and 1 can of diced tomatoes - and it comes out tasting almost exactly the same and ends up being WAY cheaper. You can print off coupons for $0.50/2 Hunt's pasta sauces - click on printable coupons, it's the save-a-lot website, but they are manufacturer coupons (doubles to $1 off 2 at Randalls or Kroger), and Kroger often has these on sale for $1/can. - Unfortunately this wasn't one of those weeks, grr.

Week 5 - Feb.2 Kroger

Kroger currently has this "Big Game Greats" promo going on right now that I love. If you buy 10 selected items, you get $5 off at checkout. Love it! Anyways, here's my breakdown:

(keep in mind, my Kroger will triple up to 3 like coupons ($0.39 and under) and double up to 3 like coupons (up to $0.50) - this means that for each of my 3 Rotel coupons, I got $0.90 off each since they tripled each of them):

*Every item I bought was part of the buy 10 get $5 off promotion - so to see the true price of each item I bought, just take $0.50 off the bolded price:

Rotel - $0.90 - $0.30 insert = $0
Rotel - $0.90 - $0.30 insert = $0
Rotel - $0.90 - $0.30 insert = $0
Quaker Quakes - $1.00 - $0.75 insert = $0.25
New York Texas Toast - $2.49 - $0.50 printable = $1.49
Sister Schubert’s Rolls - $2.49 - $1 printable = $1.49
Sister Schubert’s Rolls - $2.49 - $1 printable = $1.49
Chex Mix - $1.99 - $0.50 loadable *- $0.50 printable = $0.49
Chex Mix - $1.99 - $0.50 loadable did not come off for some reason - $0.50 printable = $0.99
Sobe Life Water - $1.00 - $1.59 (BOGO free printable coupon) = $-0.59
Sobe Life Water - $1.00 = $1.00
French’s Mustard - $1.69 - $0.50 insert = $0.69
Frank’s Hot Sauce - $2.49 - $0.35 insert = $1.44 *was supposed to be same price as yellow mustard
French’s Honey Mustard - $2.39 - $0.50 insert = $1.39 *was supposed to be same price as yellow mustard
Goldfish Original - $1.38 - $0.75 printable = $0.63
Goldfish Original - $1.38 - $0.75 printable = $0.63
Goldfish Original - $1.38 - $0.75 printable = $0.63
Goldfish Original - $1.38 - $0.75 printable = $0.63
Velveeta Shells & Cheese - $1.79 - $1 off 2 printable = $0.79
Velveeta Shells & Cheese - $1.79 = $1.79

-$5 wyb select items

-$5 wyb select items

=$5.13 oop

Some items rang up differently than the price on the shelf. If I didn't have my 5-month old with me, I may have gone to customer service to have it adjusted - but I was also avoiding the MEAN cashier lady from last week that was standing at customer service.

savings: $35.36 or 87%

*Please note, your loadable coupons will never be doubled or tripled*

Week 4 - Jan.28 Kroger

So Kroger has this "Game Day Greats" sale going on right now that I am a big fan of. Basically if you buy 10 of select items, you get $5 off at checkout. Partner the sale up with coupons and boy howdy do you have some good deals.

bill - $56.50

spent - $5.61

saved - $50.89 or 90%

Week 3 - Jan.21 Kroger

bill - 31.98

spent - 10.50

saved - 21.48 or 67%

Week 3 - Jan.18 Kroger

My husband ran to Kroger to pick up eggs to make me a birthday cake.

(not pictured)

bill - 2.85

spent - 1.08

saved - 1.77 or 62%

Week 2 - Jan.14 Kroger

bill - $80.52

spent - $23.29

saved - 71% or 57.23

I was really excited about the awesome deal I was able to get on the ground turkey. It was on sale buy one get one free and I had a couple of coupons for $1 off 2, so I was able to get 8 tubes of ground turkey for less than $1 each! I was also able to get 5 Healthy Choice meals for free and the 3 pizzas for free!

Week 1 - Jan.8 Kroger

(big trip to stock up on chicken)
(not pictured)

bill - $45.75

spent - $27.45

saved - 40% or $18.30

Week 1 - Jan.7 Kroger

(quick trip to pick up onions & potatoes for stew)

(not pictured)

bill - $3.38

spent - $3.38

saved - 0% or $0.00

Week 1 - Jan.2 Kroger

(quick trip to get some string cheese for homemade pizza rolls)(not pictured)

bill - $4.19

spent - $3.99

saved - 5% or $0.20